2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in Maryland
2Colleges
90,291Bachelor's Degrees
$36,350Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Family & Community Services School for You
With 90,291 bachelor's degrees handed out in 2021-2022, family & community services is the #50 most popular major in Maryland. This means that 1.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in Maryland ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in family and community services. When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. For this ranking, we are identifying those family and community services schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.
More Ways to Rank Family & Community Services Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Gain the fundamental tools required to improve the lives of children and families in crisis with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value family & community services schools. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population. UMCP also made our Best Family & Community Services Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.
It takes the average student at UMCP about 4.2 years to graduate, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $37,426. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from UMCP be around $157,938. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
Our rankings recognize Stevenson University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Stevenson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Owings Mills. In addition to being on our best value list, Stevenson has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Family & Community Services Schools in Maryland ranking.
It takes about 4.2 years for the average student at Stevenson to complete their degree, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $35,274. This means that the average student pays around $147,798 to get a bachelor’s degree from Stevenson. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
With 90,291 bachelor's degrees handed out in 2021-2022, family & community services is the #50 most popular major in Maryland. This means that 1.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
